Our high humidity often makes the temperature seem a lot hotter than it is. The bees also keep me at bay! The flowers, on the other hand, love the humidity and don't mind the bees!
I focus on eliminating weeds and trimming back wild vines - leaving the flowers to grow like mad!
In early July, the white daisies were in full bloom...
Then the yellow arrived...
This year a very exotic-looking yellow lily surprised me when it flowered... Where did it come from? Then I remember it was a gift from a colleague of Terry's (who owns Sunlight Gardens nursery out of town near Almonte).
My favorite July flowers are the phlox. Every year I divide them, so now they bloom all around the yard....
I love the pink and mauve...
The red ones don't really match with the mauve, but they do add a splash of color.
The white ones seem to glow against the green leaves.
My pictures don't do them justice! They have a radiance that cheers me from dawn to dusk.
I'm always happy when new plants thrive... like this echinacea which I bought last year...
And then there is my latest garden addition - a dozen tomato plants a neighbor gave me! I have to water them daily...
And after all that work, I wonder if we'll actually eat any tomatoes ... Or will some little critters beat us to them?!
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